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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
7
Indiana forecasts show corn production near 120 million bushels this year with most grain of high grade and well formed kernels. Flooded river bottoms reduced sowing in the southwest while upland yields declined due to drought. Benton and Tipton counties lead in production and average yield.
Danville Indiana chicken fancier Walter J. Clark claims a hen named Betsy is the nation’s champion flyer with 240 eggs in 274 days. He bought the bird for $1, hatched from White Winsadotte stock in 1906, and keeps Betsy in a trap nest until laying. The piece also reports on phosphorous case in Indianapolis and other local items.
Prof and Mrs F A McCloskey, recent Racine arrivals, have organized a minstrel show for Company G First Regiment I N G to be held in the Jefferson theatre Wednesday night October 28. About 45 actors will take part after daily rehearsals through the date. The couple report strong local talent and past success with similar productions.
A. M. Boyer suffered an electric shock during a telephone chat in Kendallville. Dunkirk pioneer Jacob Gaunt, 81, died after a porch fall. A Peru Gazette copy from March 27, 1841, is set in the new courthouse cornerstone, including William Henry Harrison’s inaugural address. Colon Gazel escaped Longcliff asylum, shed his clothes, swam the Wabash, then wandered naked for miles before recapture.
An old advertisement promises Parisian Sage will stop hair loss in a week, cure dandruff, and end itching. It claims a 60 cent price and a near 92 percent cure rate, with guarantees and refunds discussed by Henry N. Jenner and local readers of The Goshen Democrat.
A large granary on the Chauncey Waterhouse farm northeast of Kendallville burned Wednesday. Waterhouse suspects arson and offers 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the incendiary.
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